2016 Dice Age Store Championships

Yesterday I had the opportunity to both play in and TO the Armada Store Championships at Dice Age Games.  This is the first tournament season for Armada and with wave 2 out there, I was really curious to see how everything would play out.

It's been quiet here...

Well, it's certainly been longer between posts here than I had planned.  I work as a teacher and had all kinds of plans to update this blog over my break.  Needless to say that didn't happen.  That isn't to say that I didn't get the chance to play plenty of Armada while I was off work.  I just didn't take the time to write about it.  I have been working on a few things behind the scenes:

1. Some friends and I took a day and play tested my Armada/X-Wing/Imperial Assault crossover campaign and it went really well.  I've revised the rules and will be posting them to a page here soon.  We are planning to run the campaign at the FLGS in February.
2. I've also been working on a beginner's guide to Armada page that will hopefully be a good resource for new players getting into the hobby.
3.  I'm also signed up to run a Store Championship at the end of the month.  Look for a report on how it goes here.  After that there will be a few other championships in the following months that I hope to play in.
4. In the near future I have some posts in mind about how you can use ships to compliment each other as well as some tips on flying ships closely together.

Other than that I am looking forward to my first Winter Season tournament next weekend and am eagerly anticipating the announcement of Wave 3 like every other Armada player.

So, stay tuned.  More content is on the way.

Taking Gallant Haven to Game Night

I took my Gallant Haven based list in to Game Night at the FLGS and got in a couple of games.  Take a look at the list here.  Then, read below for the battle reports.

Gallant Haven in Wave 2

Gallant Haven is an interesting title.  It has huge potential to tilt the squadron game in your favor.  It does limit the maneuver options for your ships and squadrons, but I think the benefits it can provide could be worth the effort.  I haven't had much chance to use it in Wave 2, but wanted to build a fleet that would really feature it.

More fun with MC-30s

I haven't had as much time for updating the blog as I would like, but I was able to get in a couple of more games of Armada this week at the FLGS.  This gave me another chance to keep practicing with Mon Mothma and some MC-30s.

Fun With MC-30s

It was Armada night again at the FLGS, which meant that I had a couple of chances to try out a list featuring Mon Mothma and a pair of MC-30s.  

Planning a Campaign

As a player of all 3 of FFG's Star Wars Miniature games I'm really interested in the idea of a campaign that brings all 3 systems together.  I've run a tournament using all 3 that was actually a lot of fun.  This will be the first post in a series where I look at integrating all 3 games in to a campaign.